Rossi against big bonuses for bankers helped by taxpayers

Last week the Treasury Department said that 17 banks gave their top executives $1.6 billion in bonuses the same time they got billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded bailouts.

I asked Dino Rossi’s Senate campaign what he thought of big bonuses for bankers who received federal help. In a statement, Rossi said: “Washingtonians need to be assured their money will be safeguarded and not used to pay out bonuses for those responsible for this economic crisis. That said, government should not be taking over private industries in the first place.”